The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-15
NO. Is.

80 tAA1 ~ ~ A0bthl III hAOtltfE Il
raillcry, general literature has
given honorable and dipnifed
place 10 representatives Of the
medical profession; and, that 10
4 few instances-such for exam
pie as that oi the school Of Saler-
mum, the title of medicine 10 be
ranked as u science, has been tenn
porqrily entertained. All this,
however, was unsatisfactory; IN
50 far as il rested upon any an
proach 10 critical appreciation.
For the most part it either had
reference to IN art that was mys-
tilted and disguised or it sprang
from admiration for the qualities
Of individuals rather than for the
calling they followed. In neither
case was praise really satisfying,
although the standpoint from
which i was longed for by the
physicians Of bygone tunes was.
doubtless. justly different from
that taken by those Of the present
day.
But more wholesome state of
things is rapidly coming to pass.
Whatever importance medicine
now holds IN the esteem Of the
world at large, Is 10 great and
increasing extent its own, and not
the reflected glory Of few popu.
lar practitioners.
The idea that medical learning
is little moro than d memorized
list Of symptoms and their anti
dotes, Is almost as nearly rooted
out from the peoples mind, as
the old notion that a successful
physician was sccr-born, not
made.
II is getting to be understood
that no occult or extraordinary
original powers, arc needed to
make man an efficient practiti,
oner Of medicine but that, gwen
4 fair mental constitution, reason
able conscientiousness, SYSTEM
attic training, and moderate ex-
per,ence, the desired product is
pretty sure to be turned out,--a
crcditable exponent Of the medi-
cine Of the times.
More than this the medical
science is now recognized as pro-
gressive in another and better
sense than that Of adding accident
al discoveries or happy concep-
tions TO its stock. 1t is to ap-
probation, founded on such
grounds, that we must attribute
the general acquIescence in anato-
lnical laws and cliaical teachings,
as well as the gratifying frequens
cy with which, Of late years, men
OF wealth have contributed to en-
dow institutions having for their
purpose, solely or largely the cd,
ucation Of coming generations of
| lHcdlCdi men.
In the disposition Of communiy
ties to submit to sanitary regula-
tions based on medical research
and administered by medical men;
and the willingness of governments
to look at military and commercial
matters with some regard for the
appreciation of medical knowl-
edges writer in the "Union
Medical journal finds reason
! for this change in The closer ac-
quaintance into which modern
society has been brought with the
actual work of medical men, as
exempliiicd in hospitals, in cams
paIgns, and, above all, III the or
ganized medical service now con-
nected with the great railways and
with engineering and manufacture
ing operation Of unusual magui-
tude.
That this agency has had its cf-
feet we may undoubtedly believe,
but chat its action has been sub
sidary to that Of the essential diff
ference with which now, az com
pared with foImer times, the
study Of medicine is carried on we
! are equally certain.
MEDIcUs.
McCoMB CRY, Miss.